He died a century ago, a succession of brilliant and very successful paintings behind him. First of two parts in retrospect.
myth
Never mock Cupid. As Apollo found it, he’ll get his own back in the cruellest of ways.
One way to produce a hypertext document with parallel views of the text in two languages. This gives the reader the option to see one or both.
The Greek version of the Flood myth is quite different, and calls on sculpture for another metamorphosis. It also gives rise to the fearsome Python.
Did Moreau succeed in changing history painting, or should his works remain obscure, a minor cul-de-sac in art history?
Did Jupiter destroy cannibalistic practices, or did a cult of his originate them? Dark doings in this tale of lycanthropy.
Not an easy story to paint, Ovid’s clear account has been largely ignored. Because it is now too absurd to show?
His last masterpiece has some of the richest symbols, icons, and decoration of all his works. A detailed look at his finale.
Far from being a recluse, the last years saw him teaching avidly, painting major works, and transforming his house into a museum.
Three major paintings: a complex triptych, Saint George and the Dragon, and an extraordinary Indian fantasy cityscape.
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